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Definitions for bourn
bɔrn, boʊrn, bʊərnbourn

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bourn, bournenoun

    an archaic term for a boundary

  2. bourn, bournenoun

    an archaic term for a goal or destination

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Brun, Bran, Brown, Bourn, Burn

    Etymology: are all derived from the Sax. born, bourn, brunna, burna ; all signifying a river or brook. Edmund Gibson Camden.

  2. Bournnoun

    Etymology: borne, Fr.

    Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    That undiscover’d country, from whose bourn
    No traveller e’er returns. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    False,
    As dice are to be wish’d, by one that fixes
    No bourn ’twixt his and mine. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    I know each lane, and every alley green,
    And every bosky bourn from side to side. John Milton.

    Ne swelling Neptune, ne loud thund’ring Jove,
    Can change my cheer, or make me ever mourn;
    My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Fairy Q.

Wikipedia

  1. Bourn

    Bourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. Surrounding villages include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne. It is 8 miles (12 km) from the county town of Cambridge. The population of the parish was 1,015 people at the time of the 2011 census.Bourn has a Church of England primary school, a doctors' surgery, the Church of St. Mary & St. Helena, a golf club, a former Royal Air Force bomber airfield (RAF Station Bourn 1940–1945), which today is used for light aircraft, and an old windmill. Bourn Hall Clinic, the centre for infertility treatment founded in 1980 by IVF pioneers Mr Patrick Steptoe and Professor Robert Edwards, who were responsible for the conception of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF or test-tube baby in 1978, is also located here. Since its foundation the clinic has assisted in the conception of over 10,000 babies. A small stream called Bourn Brook runs through the village, eventually joining the River Cam.

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  1. bourn

    A bourn is a boundary, limit, or a destination, often used in a metaphorical sense. It can also refer to a small stream or brook. The term is often used in old literature and poetry.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bourn

    alt. of Bourne

  2. Bournnoun

    alt. of Bourne

Wikidata

  1. Bourn

    Bourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. Surrounding villages include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne. It is 8 miles from the county town of Cambridge. The population of the parish was 1,764 people at the time of the 2001 census. Bourn has a Church of England primary school, a doctors' surgery, the Church of St. Mary & St. Helena, a golf club, a former Royal Air Force bomber airfield, which today is used for light aircraft, and an old windmill. Bourn Hall Clinic, a centre for infertility treatment, is located here. A small stream called Bourn Brook runs through the village, eventually joining the River Cam.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bourn

    Bourne, bōrn, or bōōrn, n. a boundary, a limit, or goal: (Keats) domain. [Fr. borne, a limit. See Bound (2).]

  2. Bourn

    Bourne. See Burn (1).

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. bourn

    See BURN.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BOURN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bourn is ranked #15296 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bourn surname appeared 1,919 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Bourn.

    82.9% or 1,592 total occurrences were White.
    11.1% or 213 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 47 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 40 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.9% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bourn in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bourn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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